BAD PRESIDENT
Internet Mocks Trump’s Fake Attempt to Look Like He Cares About Those ‘Destroyed’ by Russia Probe

President Donald Trump is now trying to appear as if he cares about those foolish or greedy enough to have been associated with his campaign, transition team, and administration. On Sunday morning he posted a tweet describing them as starry-eyed patriots who returned home from battle “in tatters.”
What he neglected to mention is he is responsible for anyone touched by the Mueller probe. If he colluded with Russia, he is responsible for all the people he harmed by doing so. If he obstructed justice, he his responsible for all the people harmed by doing so. If he engaged in money laundering, or any other illegal or even immoral acts, he his responsible for all the people harmed by doing so.
And if he didn’t do any of these, but allowed them to happen, he is equally responsible.
His tweet takes a decidedly different tone from almost any before; he attempts to appear to care about others.
“Who’s going to give back the young and beautiful lives (and others) that have been devastated and destroyed by the phony Russia Collusion Witch Hunt? They journeyed down to Washington, D.C., with stars in their eyes and wanting to help our nation,” he claimed. “They went back home in tatters!”
The reaction was immediate. Some expressed outrage, others just mocked him.
Please spare a thought for poor Paul Manafort, an innocent young striver whose dreams of selling access to the president to the highest foreign bidder were crushed by the jealous and cynical elites of the civil service. https://t.co/VWM3k1PhbK
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) May 27, 2018
Your campaign manager was indicted for CRIMES AGAINST THE US.
There are 22 other indictments or guilty please.
And you feel bad for THEM. https://t.co/1iqtQFhlL7
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) May 27, 2018
Seems that Don Jr got bad legal news in the past 24 hours https://t.co/kpSyC39Sx3
— David Frum (@davidfrum) May 27, 2018
That was you, dude. Everything you touch turns to shit. https://t.co/vM4l3E9lIS
— Joshua Holland 🔥 (@JoshuaHol) May 27, 2018
Hope Hicks keeps sending you to voicemail, doesn’t she? https://t.co/IGLFgSGf4J
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 27, 2018
In the context of reports coming out about immigrant families being torn apart at the border, this tweet is obscene. https://t.co/TAnOH0Burp
— Daniel Summers (@WFKARS) May 27, 2018
Where are the 1500 children who’s young and beautiful lives have been destroyed, you fucking monster? https://t.co/VF1dbkZpCj
— StaceyS (@Stacey__WithAnE) May 27, 2018
Yes. The true meaning of Memorial Day. Never forget those young dreamers like Manafort and Flynn, who just wanted to do a little treason and pocket some change. https://t.co/n41oUlQMsH
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) May 27, 2018
Manafort age: 69
Flynn: 59
Gates: 46
Papadopoulos appears happy.
Who is he talking about? https://t.co/W1Kw0z3TQD— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) May 27, 2018
You should set this to some maudlin music and record it straight to camera, a single tear tracing a damp path through your umber foundation. https://t.co/IGLFgSGf4J
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 27, 2018
Using Memorial Day to remember those who gave so much… https://t.co/lk8oQzp3Xw
— Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) May 27, 2018
now, for the rest of time, nobody will ever need to ask me “John, what are you laughing about?” Because it will be this tweet, forever https://t.co/iIPz059myN
— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) May 27, 2018
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